[Bf-blender-cvs] [114a2171c02] hair_guides_grooming: Reenable clump feature for fibers with a simpler taper function.

[Lukas Tönne]

Commit: 114a2171c020a307c33e4b04e67e69331f6c25a6
Author: Lukas Tönne
Date:   Mon Jun 11 21:28:35 2018 +0100
Branches: hair_guides_grooming
https://developer.blender.org/rB114a2171c020a307c33e4b04e67e69331f6c25a6

Reenable clump feature for fibers with a simpler taper function.

Using the smoothstep function for taper means the hair stay parallel
after a certain distance, which seems a bit more realistic as well as
giving more control.

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M       source/blender/draw/modes/shaders/common_hair_guides_lib.glsl

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diff --git a/source/blender/draw/modes/shaders/common_hair_guides_lib.glsl 
b/source/blender/draw/modes/shaders/common_hair_guides_lib.glsl
index 10d1c1b61c9..e9b7e90b497 100644
--- a/source/blender/draw/modes/shaders/common_hair_guides_lib.glsl
+++ b/source/blender/draw/modes/shaders/common_hair_guides_lib.glsl
@@ -90,12 +90,8 @@ struct CurlParams
 
 struct DeformParams
 {
-       /* Strand tapering with distance from the root.
-        * < 1.0 : Taper is concave (recommended)
-        * = 1.0 : Taper is linear
-        * > 1.0 : Taper is convex (not recommended)
-        */
-       float taper;
+       /* Length where strand reaches final thickness */
+       float taper_length;
 
        ClumpParams clump;
        CurlParams curl;
@@ -103,8 +99,16 @@ struct DeformParams
 
 void deform_taper(DeformParams params, float t, out float taper, out float 
dtaper)
 {
-       taper = pow(t, params.taper);
-       dtaper = (t > 0.0) ? taper * params.taper / t : 0.0;
+       /* Uses the right half of the smoothstep function */
+       float x = (t + params.taper_length) / params.taper_length;
+       float dx = 1.0 / params.taper_length;
+       if (x > 2.0)
+       {
+               x = 2.0;
+               dx = 0.0;
+       }
+       taper = 0.5 * x * x * (3 - x) - 1.0;
+       dtaper = 1.5 * x * (2.0 - x) * dx;
 }
 
 void deform_clump(DeformParams params,
@@ -140,7 +144,7 @@ void deform_fiber(DeformParams params,
                   float t, float tscale, mat4 target_matrix,
                   inout vec3 loc, inout vec3 tang)
 {
-       deform_curl(params, t, tscale, target_matrix);
+       //deform_curl(params, t, tscale, target_matrix);
        deform_clump(params, t, tscale, target_matrix, loc, tang);
 }
 
@@ -301,12 +305,12 @@ void hair_fiber_get_vertex(
        binor = normalize(cross(camera_vec, tang));
 
        DeformParams deform_params;
-       deform_params.taper = 2.0;
+       deform_params.taper_length = 0.08;
        deform_params.clump.thickness = 0.15;
        deform_params.curl.radius = 0.1;
        deform_params.curl.angle = 0.2;
        // TODO define proper curve scale, independent of subdivision!
-       //deform_fiber(deform_params, curve_param, 1.0, target_matrix, pos, 
tang);
+       deform_fiber(deform_params, curve_param, 1.0, target_matrix, pos, tang);
 
        time = curve_param;
        thickness = hair_shaperadius(hairRadShape, hairRadRoot, hairRadTip, 
time);

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